RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- About 300 people gathered in a park for a memorial vigil to remember three young sisters found dead in their home in River Falls.
Girls in soccer uniforms wrote number 36 on their cheeks in honor of the teammate they lost -- 11-year-old Amara Schaffhausen. She and her sisters, 8-year-old Sophie and 5-year-old Cecilia, died Tuesday. Police are holding their father on possible homicide charges. Teammates cried and hugged each other and wrote messages to Amara on a soccer ball Wednesday night at Glen Park.
The Star Tribune says some family members and friends attended a private service at the family's church, Unitarian Universalist Society of River Falls.
Homicide charges could be filed against Aaron Schaffhausen Thursday. Authorities say he and his ex-wife, the girls' mother, had a rocky relationship.
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RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) - A vigil is planned Wednesday night for the three young sisters found dead in their home in River Falls.
Julie Matzke's 7-year-old daughter was in Girl Scouts with 1 of the sisters. Matzke describes the girl as an energetic, beautiful, little spirit who was taken too soon. She has created a Facebook page in the girls' honor. Matzke has also set up a vigil at Glen Park in River Falls at 7 p.m.
The bodies of the girls, ages 5 to 11, were found Tuesday afternoon when police were asked by their mother to check on their welfare. Officers say there was an odor of gas when they entered the house. Their father was arrested and remains in jail pending charges.
Court records show the mother and father were divorced last year.
